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Congo Bar: Traveler Reviews


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #19 of 93 attractions in Cancun
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Attraction type: Bar/club, Dance club/disco
Address: Blvd. Kukulcan Km. 9.5, Cancun, Mexico

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Surprisingly Fun for the size... NOT A CLUB THOUGH!

Congo Bar

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4 of 5 stars
JQuatt21   99 contributions
Lincoln Park, New Jersey
Feb 2, 2007
6/6 found this review helpful

Myself and three of my buddies jusr returned from a trip to Cancun. This was my first trip to Cancun and we stayed at the Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Resort which was located down the street. This club is a medium bar/small dancefloor club located right across the street from Coco Bongo and down the street from the Cancun Convention Center. We stumbled across this place because the line to get into Coco Bongo was so long to get in. We walked into this open aired bar/covered dancefloor and had a surprsingly good time. The staff was very nice and the service for a bar/ 1/2 dance club was pretty good. I rate this place as above average for the following reasons...

The price of drinks was pretty good. We are beer drinkers so we were drinking "buckets of ""Sol"" ". The price for 6 beers (full size 12 oz beers" was $200 pesos or about $20 bucks. For about a little over $3 bucks a beer in a tourist area for beer I feel is a pretty good price.

There are plenty of tables with tall stools to sit down or you could stand. It is open aired so you can see what is going on around you also.

During the course of the night, the staff will get up on the bars and do some sort of choreographed (hope I spelled that right!) dance which is entertaining. Also, they drop confetti during some parts of the night as well as give everyone balloons and make funny objects out of the balloons (and use them in funny ways if you know what I mean!) Finally, a spontaneous congo line would erupt every once in a while sparked by the staff which would spill out into the street and back into the bar.

They have all kinds of lights and lasers (not like coco bong by all means though) and the d.j. was actually pretty good playing a mix of current and past american dance music as well as latino music you could dance to. The dance floor is small and just so my fellow tripadvisors understand, this is NOT a club like the CITY or Coco Bong by any means. Just a fun place.

We returned a few other nights and stayed for a bit and moved on to a different club but it wasnt a bad place I thought to start out a night.

Finally, if it is a slow night, there are employees standing outside to try to get people to come in. We bargained with them and got 2 buckets for SOL at the price of 1 when it was slow in the beginning of the night! So always keep an eye out when it is slow. FINALLY, ALWAYS USE PESOS when in CANCUN! Dont' use U.S. Currency!

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5 of 5 stars
odie2377   3 contributions
brooklyn, ny
Jan 6, 2007
1/1 found this review helpful

We went from My Place to Congo every nite and had the time of our lives. I have been to Vegas 8 times and this trip blew it away. We were buying buckets for 40 bux and tiping 10 and by the second nite we were getting free buckets and shots. By the 4th nite we had our choice of tables and the staff were grabbing girls and constantly bringing them over for a drink. If you dont mind spending money this place is a blast. Just be stern with the shot girls!!

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This place is great

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5 of 5 stars
erics1230   4 contributions
Chicago, IL
Dec 3, 2006

Great deal at $20.00 USD for all you can drink. A $10.00 tip extra for the waiter will get you outstanding service. Music is great and the staff is always trying to keep the party going.

We went to pretty much every club in cancun. This is our favorite

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Congo Bar

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1 of 5 stars
EKS81384   1 contribution
Seattle, WA
Oct 29, 2006
15/17 found this review helpful

I was recently in Cancun, Mexico a few weeks ago, with my parents. One evening we went out for a drink at the Congo Bar right across the street from the Coco Bongo (a popular dance club in Cancun). We got there and ordered drinks, right before the waiter brough them my dad got up to go to the restroom, I followed. My dad left the restroom and immediatly after the bathroom attendant threw a small package containing a white substance into the stall, where I was sitting. He leaned over the top and asked me to get out of the stall, he immediatly picked up the package and ran out of the bathroom to get security. The security ran up to me and started yelling, they set me up to make it look like I was doing drugs in the stall. I was in the bathroom alone at the time and the bathroom attendant didn't know I was with my family. I am 22 years old and they thought I was there with my friends. The immediatly asked me for money or told me I am going to jail. However, as soon as they saw my parents get up and interfere, the bar manager shook my dad's hand and asked us to leave. I would like to WARN everyone about the shady people at this bar, these people would do anything to make an extra dollar. DO NOT GO TO THE CONGO BAR IN CANCUN!

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Blvd. Kukulcan Km. 9.5, Cancun, Mexico